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Fotoğrafın Tom Cruise’un dublörlerini gösterdiği iddiası
Publisher’s rating: Yanlış
Ministério da Cultura vai pagar R$ 20 milhões para artistas homenagearem Paulo Gustavo em show da Beyoncé
Publisher’s rating: Falso
The claim concerned a purported R$20 million Ministry of Culture payment for a group of artists to attend Beyoncé’s July 29 concert in New Jersey and honor comedian Paulo Gustavo. The review says the story circulated after a Jovem Pan commentator’s remarks were cut into material shared on social media. It reproduces a viral message alleging that a group of artists associated with the PT would travel to the concert and that the Ministry would pay for the trip. The review reports that the Ministry of Culture issued a denial that was also published by the federal government’s Brasil Contra Fake project. The Ministry rejected the claim that it was investing R$20 million to take 20 artists to the concert, and characterized the alleged tribute as a fabricated story. The review also says the Ministry was taking legal measures in response to the allegation. As a financial comparison, the Ministry’s statement cited transfers under the Paulo Gustavo Law: R$22,463,131.19 to the government of Acre and R$19,442,586.05 to the Belo Horizonte city government. Those figures are presented as comparisons with the amount alleged in the viral claim, not as evidence of spending on the concert. The review concludes that the supposed trip and funding were fictitious.
Footage shows a real looping rainbow flag installed at Paris’ Arc de Triomphe
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
An image shows a pride parade participant with a shirt that reads "trans kids are sexy"
Publisher’s rating: False
That actor Mel Gibson is producing a movie about child sex trafficking.
Publisher’s rating: False. This claim is a continuation of false rumors that Mel Gibson was set to "expose" child sex trafficking in Hollywood. In addition to their being no evidence to support this claim, the actor's publicist confirmed that Gibson was not working on a child sex trafficking documentary.
An old photo depicting a man in a royal dress has been posted recently, along with a claim that he was King Chey Chettha II, a former king of Cambodia who ruled in 1622. This photo has been reacted to with mixed comments and shared by many Facebook users who speak Khmer. However, after checking a Google Reverse Image search, it proves that the photo attached with the claim above is false.
Publisher’s rating: False
ఆదిపురుష్ సినిమాను ప్రదర్శించే థియేటర్లలో దళితులకు ప్రవేశం లేదని చెప్తూ ఆ చిత్ర బృందం ప్రకటించింది
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
De Arc de Triomphe krijgt een regenboogversiering voor Pride.
Publisher’s rating: De regenboog staat er niet echt, maar is een staaltje 3D-animatie van een Amerikaanse kunstenaar die in Parijs woont.
The claim concerns a video circulated during Pride month that appears to show a giant rainbow curling around and through the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. The dpa review investigated whether this was a real installation visible to tourists. It reports that the rainbow was not physically at the monument: the video was a 3D animation by Ian Padgham, an American artist living in France. The review describes two ways it checked the video. A reverse-image search of a screenshot led to Padgham’s work, and Padgham had posted the animation on Instagram with the caption “Arc-en-ciel de Triomphe.” The review also cites his response on Twitter to someone sharing the work: he said it was made with 3D animation and extensive hand editing, not AI. These findings identify the apparent rainbow as a constructed visual effect rather than a real installation. As further evidence against a physical installation, the review says a livestream of the Arc de Triomphe showed the monument without a rainbow. It also reports that, in an interview with AFP, Padgham said he was surprised that people took his videos as real, while stating that he did not aim to deceive people and wanted to convey the importance of love and understanding. The review therefore distinguishes a digitally created Pride-themed image from an actual decoration at the Paris landmark.
L'Arc de Triomphe à Paris a été défiguré par un arc-en-ciel pour célébrer la Pride.
Publisher’s rating: L'installation que l'on voit dans la vidéo n'est pas réelle. Il s'agit d'une animation 3D réalisée par un artiste américain.
The claim concerned a video circulating ahead of the Paris Pride march scheduled for June 24, 2023. It appeared to show a giant rainbow decoration on the Arc de Triomphe, and some viewers described the supposed installation as disfiguring the monument. The dpa investigation concludes that the decoration shown in the video was not a real installation: it was a 3D animation made by an American artist. [S1: “Une vidéo censée montrer l'installation aux couleurs de la communauté LGBTQIA+ circule largement sur les réseaux sociaux, accompagnée de commentaires indignés. Certains internautes affirment ainsi que le célèbre monument rendant hommage aux soldats français a été « défiguré ». Mais est-ce bien le cas ?”] The article describes several checks supporting that conclusion. A reverse-image search of a video screenshot led to Californian artist Ian Padgham, who lives in France. The review says he posted images of the animation to Instagram on June 1, 2023, with the caption “Arc-en-ciel de Triomphe, Paris.” It also reports that Padgham confirmed on Twitter that the video resulted from a 3D animation with details edited by hand. [S1: “Une recherche d'image inversée d'une capture d'écran de la vidéo mène à Ian Padgham, un artiste californien résidant en France. On retrouve des images de l'animation sur son compte Instagram le 1er juin 2023, avec la légende « Arc-en-ciel de Triomphe, Paris ».”] [S1: “Ian Padgham à s'exprimer sur Twitter, où il a confirmé en réponse à un internaute partageant son travail que la vidéo était le résultat « d'une animation 3D et de nombreux détails qui ont été édités à la main ».”] As an additional check, the review says a livestream of the Arc de Triomphe showed that the monument had not been decorated with a giant rainbow. Thus, the video’s appearance was not evidence of a physical installation; the review identifies it as an edited animation. [S1: “Le fait que cette installation n'existe qu'en vidéo peut aussi être vérifié via un livestream de l'Arc de Triomphe. On y voit que le monument n'a pas été décoré avec un arc-en-ciel géant.”]
Lego devient trans et lance sa collection LGBTQ (pour les enfants de 5 ans et plus).
Publisher’s rating: Ces affirmations sont incorrectes. La vidéo en question provient d’une véritable campagne de LEGO datant de 2022, mais les objets qui y sont présentés ne sont actuellement pas vendus par la marque. De plus, un porte-parole de la compagnie a assuré à la dpa que celle-ci n’avait jamais commercialisé des ensembles de construction LGBTQIA+ à destination des enfants.
Morre ex cantora gospel flordelis aos 64 anos eita morreu agora #flordelis #cantoragospel #luto
Publisher’s rating: Falso
An diesem tatarischen Gebäude sind Stromleitungen und Steckdosen aus dem Jahr 692 oder 1692 zu sehen.
Publisher’s rating: Die Kirche hat mit Tataria oder Tataren nichts zu tun. Die angeblichen Beweise entpuppen sich als höchst normale und ziemlich moderne Anlagen.
The review examined a Facebook video claiming that St. Oswald’s Church in Oswestry, Shropshire, was a “tatarian” building with original electrical sockets. It identifies the church in the video as St. Oswald’s and checks the video’s specific supposed evidence: a cable on the tower, two marks on the exterior wall, and an inscription presented as evidence of electricity in 1692—or, in a Facebook post, as “J692” meaning 692 years after Jesus’ death. The tower cable is a lightning conductor, not a device for controlling energy from antennas. The review reports that neither the video nor photographs of the tower show antennas; it says the tower has a flagpole. The apparent wall socket bearing the number 2646 and letters OSBM is instead a survey marker, identified as an Ordnance Survey Flush Bracket. The review notes that such benchmarks are found across England and that this one is listed online under that name. The other supposed socket—a metal bolt in a carved wall marking—is also a surveying feature: a “Survey Cut Mark with Bolt” used by technicians for height measurements. The inscription does not establish that electricity existed in 1692: the review explains that the video’s reading relies on the appearance of the numeral 1, which in some historical forms resembles a modern J. It also gives church-history context: a place of worship existed in Oswestry for more than 1,000 years, and a replacement for a church destroyed after the English Civil War was completed in 1670. The review says electrical sockets for transmitting current date only from the beginning of the 20th century.
මංජු නිශ්ශංක, SL VLOG කණ්ඩායම් එකමුතුවෙන් පොසොන් දන්සලක් පවත්වන්නේ නැහැ!
Publisher’s rating: False
The review examined social-media posts alleging that Manju Nissanka, SL Vlog and Colombo Comedy Central were organizing a dunthel-bath dansala for Poson Poya in front of Access Tower. That allegation is the specific event at issue; the review’s conclusion addresses claims that Nissanka was organizing the event, rather than a different Poson gathering. The article describes the posts as saying that the three were organizing the dansala “පොසොන් පොහෝ දිනයේ දී Access Tower ඉදිරිපිට දී දුන්තෙල් බත් දන්සැලක්”. The publisher says it first checked whether Nissanka or SL Vlog had announced such a dansala through their official social-media accounts, and found no such announcement. It then asked Nissanka directly whether he was organizing the event described in the posts. According to the review, he said he was not organizing any such dansala and described the posts as entirely false. These are the investigation’s stated checks and the decisive evidence it reports; the excerpt does not provide independent confirmation from Colombo Comedy Central or other documentation. The review’s conclusion specifically says the social-media posts claiming Nissanka had organized the dansala outside Access Tower were false.